FILM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FILM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FILM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FILM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about FILM
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FILM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thin flexible strip used in photography.
Film meant a thin skin or membrane for eight hundred years before photography took the word in the 1840s. The sense of a cinema production followed within about fifty years.
How FILM is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb.
- A film of dust over everything in the room.
- The word film meant a membrane for eight hundred years.
- They filmed it in four days and cut it for a year.
- Photography took the word film in the 1840s.
- Two films of the same book and neither watchable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FILM
The 4 tiles of FILM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FILM
Showing 24 of 46 words that begin with FILM.
Words ending in FILM
6 words end in FILM. Useful as a back hook: play FILM onto a word already on the board.
Words with FILM inside
19 words contain FILM in the middle. Words that start with FILM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FILM
Common questions about FILM
- Is FILM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILM worth?
- FILM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILM mean?
- A thin flexible strip used in photography.
- What letters can be added to FILM?
- FILM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FILM:
Open FILM in the Word Finder